Les Boves 1
Mountain Spot

Les Boves

Parnes

🪜Explore the old Charrières streets above
💣Saltpeter was mined here for gunpowder
🐴Some caves once served as village stables

Wander through ancient boves, cave dwellings carved into La Roche-Guyon's chalk cliffs. These atmospheric tunnels once housed saltpeter works and village livestock, a surreal underground world beneath the streets.

Ancient cave dwellings
Chalk cliff tunnels
Hidden underground history
Rural heritage site